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This paper on the role of the church in South Africa in low intensity conflict was delivered at the "Peace and Security" Conference hosted by IDASA in Durban in July 1989. The paper is published here with a brief introduction by Mark Phillips in which he sets out the strategies used by the South African government in its "counter-revolutionary war

This paper was part of the proceedings of the first national conference organized by IDASA in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 8-9 May, 1987. The author presents some reflections on Christianity and democracy and on the task of the church in a democratic South Africa

The author delineates four basic models of church and state relations in the democratic world and applies them to both Europe and Israel: the established church model (England, Greece, Sweden); the strict separation model (France, the Netherlands, Russia); the recognized communities model, or the "German" model (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium); the endorsed church model (Italy, Spain, Poland, Armenia, Ireland). Relations between religion and state in Israel are in some ways close to the recognized communities and the established church models. Israeli democracy is not different from the European democracies in terms of freedom "of" religion, but in terms of freedom "from" religion. Conclusion: "In Europe, the trend is away from less democratic, less liberal and less egalitarian separationist and established church models. Increased religious legislation and the increased political strength of the Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox in Israel seem to suggest that Israel is moving in a different direction." (DÜI-Hns)